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ORGANISED  MAY  1,  1808, 

REVISED  AND  ADOPTED  NOVEMBER  10,  1648.  V®' 

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SAVANNAH:  S 

BY   EDWARD  J.  PURSE,  BOOK   AND  JOB  PRINTER, 

No.  102  Bryan-street — Up-Stairs. 
1849.   *  * 


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RULES  AND  REGULATIONS 

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OF  THE 


REPUBLICAN  BLUES, 


ORGANISED  MAY  1,  1808, 


REVISED  AND  ADOPTED  NOVEMBER  16,  1848. 


SAVANNAH: 

BY   EDWARD  J.  PURSE,  BOOK   AND  JOB  PRINTER, 

No.  102  Bryan-street — Up-Stairs. 
,  1849. 


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PREAMBLE. 


Whereas,  the  undersigned,  influenced  by  a 
sincere  and  ardent  desire  to  render  themselves 
more  useful  to  their  country,  have  united  as  a  mil- 
itary association,  under  the  title  of  "  The  Repub- 
lican Blues";  and  whereas,  a  strict  subordina- 
tion and  discipline  are  essential  to  the  acquire- 
ments of  the  systematic  habits  of  a  Soldier,  and 
that  of  military  knowledge,  which  is  calculated 
to  render  him  an  efficient  defender  of  his  Country's 
Liberty,  we,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby,  severally, 
upon  the  honor  of  Soldiers,  pledge  ourselves,  each 
to  the  other,  to  abide  by,  perform  and  conform  to 
these  Rules,  and  that  we  will  severally  use  our 
best  efforts  to  maintain  and  promote  the  honor 
and  prosperity  of  this  oar  voluntary  association. 


RULE  I. 

Style  of  the  Corps  and  Officers. 

Sec.  1st.  The  Corps  shall  be  styled  the  "  Re- 
publican Blues,"  and  shall  consist  of  one  Captain,  — 
one  First  Lieutenant,  one  Second  Lieutenant,  \me 
Ensign,  and  one  Supernumery  Officer ;  when  the 
exigency  of  the  Corps  require  it,  ten  non-commis- 
sioned officers,  to  be  designated  first,  second,  third, 
fourth,  and  fifth  Sergeants,  first,  second,  third, 
fourth,  and  fifth  Corporals;  and,  when  required, 
any  number  of  Lance  Corporals  not  exceeding 
four  in  number,  and  as  many  privates  as  the  law 
of  the  State  authorizes. 


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Sec.  2d.  There  shall  also  be  a  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  Quarter-Master,  and  a  Finance  Com- 
mittee consisting  of  one  commissioned  officer,  and 
two  other  members. 

RULE  II. 

Uniform  Coat  of  Commissioned  Officers. 

Sec.  1st.  The  Coat  of  the  Commissioned  Officers 
shall  be  of  dark  blue  cloth,  double  breasted,  the 
facings  to  be  of  sky  blue,  two  rows  of  buttons, 
twelve  in  number  in  ea,ch  row,  at  equal  distances, 
standing  collars,  sky  blue,  to  meet  in  front  with 
hooks  and  eyes,  one  loop  four  inches  long  on  each 
side  of  the  collar,  with  one  uniform  button  at  the 
end  of  each  loop,  the  breast  and  collar  edged  with 
white,  sky  blue  round  cuff,  two  inches  deep. 

Se  •.  2d.  For  the  Captain,  a  slashed  sky  blue 
flap  on  the  sleeve,  four  and  a  half  inches  long,  with 
three  loops  and  three  buttons ;  and  for  subalterns,  a 
slash  sleeve  of  three  and  a  half  inches  long,  with 
two  loops  and  two  buttons,  slashed  sky  blue  flap 
on  the  skirt,  with  four  loops  and  buttons,  two  but- 
tons at  the  waist  skirt  to  extend  within  ihree  and  a 
half  inches  of  the  bend  of  the  knee,  and  edged 
with  white,  skv  blue  turnbacks,  silver  embroidered 
bugle  at  the  bottom  of  the  skirt,  loops  on  the  collar, 
and  flaps  to  be  of  silver  lace,  the  collar  and  cuffs 
edged  with  silver  lace. 

Sivord  and  Scabbard. 

Sec.  3dr  The  officers'  sword--  shall  be  straight 
blades,  with  silver  or  plated  mountings,  and  black 
leather  scabbards,  with  silver  or  plated  bands. 


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Waist  Belts. 

i  Sec.  4th.  White  leather,  two  inches  wide,  with 
sliding  frog,  to  be  worn  over  the  coat,  and  clasped 
in  front  with  a  white  clasp. 

Sash. 

Sec.  5th.  Crimson  silk  net,  with  silk  bullion 
fringe  ends,  to  be  tied  on  the  left  hip. 

RULE  III. 

Sec.  1st.  The  coat  of  the  non-commissioned 
officers  and  privates  shall  be  a  dark  blue  coatee, 
with  sky  blue  facings,  standing  collar,  three  inches 
wide,  having  on  each  side  an  ornament  of  white 
cloth,  with  a  button  placed,  on  each  end  of  the  an- 
gular extremities,  cuff  three  inches  wide,  with  four 
buttons  round  the  upper  edge  of  each,  one  inch 
apart,  a  sky  blue  flap  on  the  skirt,  with  four  loops 
white  and  buttons,  plaits  to  have  four  buttons  each, 
one  on  the  top  of  the  line  of  the  hip,  another  with- 
in one  inch  of  the  bottom  of  the  skirt,  and  the 
other  two,  half  an  inch  on  each  side  of  the  central 
point  between  the  extremities  of  the  plait,  a  star 
of  white  cloth,  the  centre  of  which  is  to  bejxie 
and  a  half  inches  from  the  bottom  of  the  skirt, 
and  on  a  line  with  the  lower  button  at  the  plait,* 
two  rows  of  buttons  in  front,  twelve  in  each. — 
The  collar  facings  and  cuffs  to  be  of  sky  blue  cloth, 
the  skirt  to  be  turned  up  with  the  same,  to  reach 
within  eight  inches  of  the  bend  of  the  knee,  the 
whole  to  be  edged  with  white. 

Uniform  for  Musicians. 

The  uniform  of  the  Musicians  shall  be  such  as 
may  be  determined  upon  by  the  Corps  at  any  time. 


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Buttons. 

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Buttons  shall  be  white  plated,  convexed,  with 
an  eagle  and  the  letters  "  R.  B."  stamped  thereon, 
they  are  to  be  three  fourths  of  an  inch  in  diameter. 

Pantaloons. 

Pantaloons  to  be  of  white  Russia  drilling  or 
sheeting  for  summer,  and  sky  blue  cloth  for  win- 
ter, with  a  stripe  of  white  cloth  on  each  outer 
seam,  one  and  a  half  inches  wide. 

Belts,  Clasps,  fyc. 

White  cotton  circular  belts,  two  inches  wide, 
confined  in  front  with  a  white  clasp  ;  also  white 
cotton  cross  belts,  two  inches  wide  :  from  the  cross 
belts  the  cartridge  box  shall  be  suspended  on  the 
right,  and  the  bayonet  scabbard  on  the  left ;  the 
belts  of  the  Sergeants  shall  be  white  morocco  cir- 
cular, and  white  cotton  cross  belts,  with  a  sword 
similar  to  that  worn  in  the  United  States  Army, 
instead  of  the  bayonet  scabbard,  also  red  worsted 
sashes  with  worsted  bullion  ends. 

Brush  and  Picker,  Sfc. 

With  white  chains ;  white  leather  straps  for 
musket. 

Caps. 

Such  as  the  Corps  may  adopt  from  time  to  time 
by  resolution. 

Plumes. 

Plumes  of  color  to  suit  the  rest  of  the  uniform, 
and  of  such  material  and  fashion  as  the  Corps 
shall  from  time  to  time  by  resolution  direct. 


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Stocks. 

•  Black  stock,  or  collar,  buttoned  up  to  the  chin. 
Epaulettes. 

The  commissioned  officers  shall  wear  two  silver 
epaulettes,  as  designated  by  the  U.  S.  Regulations. 
The  Sergeants',  Corporals',  and  Privates'  epau- 
lettes shall  be  such  as  the  Corps  shall  agree  upon 
and  adopt  from  time  to  time  by  resolution. 

Chevrons. 

Shall  be  worn  by  the  non-commissioned  officers, 
and  shall  designate  rank  as  follows:  The  First 
Sergeant,  one  double  chevron,  on  a  sky  blue 
ground,  on  eack  arm  above  the  elbow  —  the  other 
Sergeants,  one  single  chevron  on  each  arm,  above 
the  elbow  —  the  First  Corporal,  one  double  chev- 
ron on  the  right  arm  above  the  elbow  —  the  other 
Corporals,  one  single  chevron  on  the  right  arm 
above  the  elbow.  All  the  chevrons  to  be  of  silver 
lace,  half  an  inch  wide,  edged  with  sky  blue  cloth. 
Honorary  members  shall  wear,  as  badge  of  dis- 
tinction, the  collars  and  cuffs  of  their  coats  trim- 
med with  silver  lace  half  an  inch  wide ;  veterans 
or  such  as  have  served  ten  successive  years  in  the 
corps,  shall  wear  two  inverted  chevrons  of  silver 
lace  half  an  inch  wide,  edged  with  sky  blue,  above 
the  elbow  on  the  left  arm,  and  for  every  five  years 
service  thereafter,  they  shall  be  entitled  to  an  ad- 
ditional one. 

Undress  Uniform. 

Of  the  Corps,  shall  be  such  as  shall,  by  resolu- 
tion, be  established. 


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RULE  IV. 

Elections. 

Sec.  1st.  When  a  vacancy  or  vacancies  occur, 
by  death,  resignation,  or  otherwise,  the  Company 
shall  proceed  to  fill  the  vacancy,  or  vacancies, 
when  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  then  efficient 
members  present,  shall  be  required  to  make  the 
nomination  or  appointment. 

Sec.  2d.  The  vote  for  a  commissioned  officer 
shall  only  be  considered  as  expressive  of  the  feel- 
ings of  the  Corps,  and  as  a  measure  preparatory 
to  the  election  required  by  law. 

Sec.  3d.  The  vacancy  of  a  non-commissioned 
officer,  shall  be  filled  as  soon  thereafter  as  is  prac- 
ticable, and  shall  be  selected  from  the  Lance  Cor- 
porals, when  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  then 
efficient  members  present  shall  be  required  to  till 
such  vacancy. 

Sec.  4th.  There  shall  be  four  Lance  Corporals 
selected  by  the  Corps,  from  among  the  privates, 
and  brevetted  by  a  board  of  commissioned  and 
non-commissioned  officers,  five  of  whom  to  be  a 
quorum,  and  to  be  convened  by  the  officer  com- 
manding. It  shall  be  the  duty  of  such  Lance 
Corporals  to  perform  the  duties  of  any  non-com- 
missioned officer  in  his  absence ;  and  they  shall 
be  obeyed  and  respected  accordingly. 

Sec.  5th.  No  individual  holding  any  staff  ap- 
pointment, and  attached  to  this  Corps,  shall  be 
eligible  to  any  office  therein  ;  nor  shall  any  officer 
retain  his  appointment  after  he  removes  from  the 
city  of  Savannah. 

RULE  V. 

Admissions. 

Sec.  1st.  Any  person  desirous  of  becoming  a 
member  of  this  Corps,  shall  address  a  respectful 


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letter  "to  the  Officers  and  Privates  of  the  "Repub- 
lican Blues,"  expressive  of  his  desire  for  mem- 
bership, and  shall  have  thereto  the  signatures  of 
at  least,  two  members  as  vouchers  of  his  moral 
character  and  republican  principlts.  Application 
may  be  made  at  any  assemblage  of  the  Corps,  but 
shall  not  be  acted  upon  until  next  meeting  there- 
after, except  where  the  individual  has  before 
been  a  member  of  the  Corps,  when  only  one  meet- 
ing shall  be  necessary — when  a  vote  of  two-thirds 
of  the  members  present  at  the  meeting  shall  be  re- 
quired to  admit  the  applicant. 

Sec.  2d.  No  person  will  be  eligible  as  a  mem- 
ber who  has  been  expelled  from  any  volunteer 
Corps  in  this  city,  other  than  the  Republican 
Blues,  when,  if  the  cause  of  expulsion  was  pro- 
tracted absence  from  the  city  or  pecuniary  dis- 
ability, the  member  so  expelled  may  be  admitted  by 
payment  of  all  his  dues  previous  to  his  expulsion. 
All  elections  of  members  shall  take  place  at  the 
headquarters  of  the  Corps,  and  the  yeas  and  nays 
shall  in  all  cases  be  called  b}r  the  First  Sergeant, 
and  every  member  so  admitted  shall  pay  his  con- 
tributions in  advance. 

Sec.  3d.  Every  member  admitted,  shall  equip 
himself  within  thirty  days  after  his  admission, 
and  on  failing  so  to  do,  his  name  shall  be  erased 
from  the  roll  by  the  First  Serge; int.  Such  persons 
as  are  members  of  the  staff,  veterans  who  have 
served  ten  successive  years  in  the  Corps,  or  such 
as  are  over  forty-five  years  of  age,  shall  be  liable 
only  to  five  regular  parades,  and  four  regular 
meetings,  unless  they  hold  an  office  in  the  Corps ; 
vouchers  shall  be  equally  responsible. 


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RULE  VI. 

Drill  Committee, 

Sec.  1st.  A  Drill  Committee,  consisting  of  one 
commissioned  and  two  non-commissioned  officers, 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  officer  commanding,  to 
act  for  three  months,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  drill 
all  new  members,  and  no  new  member  shall  be  al- 
lowed to  enter  the  ranks  until  he  shall  be  consid- 
ered qualified  by  the  committee.  The  committee 
previously  to  report  such  qualification  to  the  First 
Sergeant. 

RULE  VII. 

Duty  of  Commissioned  Officers. 

Sec.  1st.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commis- 
sioned Officers  to  discharge  all  duties  that  may  be 
assigned  them  by  their  superiors  and  these  Rules. 
In  the  absence  of  the  Captain,  the  command  shall 
devolve  on  the  next  senior  officer  present. 

RULE  VIII. 

Duties  of  First  Sergeant. 

Sec.  1st.  As  Executive  Officer  of  the  Corps,  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  divide  the  members  into 
squads,  and  assign  a  squad  to  each  of  the  other 
non-commissioned  officers,  whose  squad  list  he 
shall  from  time  to  time  examine  and  correct.  He 
shall  also  provide  music  for  the  Corps. 

Sec.  2d.  He  shall  insert  all  Regimental  and 
Company  Orders,  and  proceedings  of  Courts  Mar- 
tial, in  a  book,  to  be  called  the  "  Ord-erhfs  Book" 
and  shall  therein  keep  a  record  of  all  admissions, 


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promotions,  resignations,  expulsions,  and  deaths  of 
members. 

Sec.  3d.  He  shall  issue  to  the  summoning  offi- 
cers all  orders  received  from  the  officer  command- 
ing, stating  the  time  and  place  of  meeting,  and 
shall  promulgate  in  like  manner  notice  of  all 
stated  parades  and  quarterly  meetings.  He  shall 
in  all  cases  require  from  the  summoning  officers 
written  returns  of  their  having  summoned  their 
respective  squads,  which  returns  he  shall  file  for 
future  reference. 

Sec.  4th.  He  shall  call  the  roll  at  all  assem- 
blages of  the  Corps,  and  note  all  defaulters  thereat, 
on  the  expiration  of  ten  days  after  such  default,  he 
shall,  unless  excuses  admissible  under  these  Rules 
are  received  by  him,  make  written  returns  of  such 
defaulters  to  the  Secretary.  It  will  also  be  his  duty 
to  report  in  like  maimer  all  deficiences  of  uniform, 
arms  in  bad  order,  or  any  violations  of  these  Rules 
that  may  come  under  his  observation,  and  make 
written  returns  to  the  officer  commanding. 

Sec.  5th.  Whenever  a  member  has  been  absent 
from  the  city  more  than  six  months  at  any  one 
time,  or  a  defaulter  at  three  successive  assemblages 
of  the  Corps  whereby  fines  are  incurred,  or  when 
a  member's  name  is  reported  to  him  by  the  Secre- 
tary, as  having  suffered  a  charge  against  said 
member  for  thirty  days,  or  in  any  case  where 
membership  is  forfeited  or  surrendered  under 
these  Rules,  he  shall  strike  the  name  of  such 
member  from  the  roll  of  the  Company,  and  shall 
immediately  give  written  notice  thereof  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  "Beat"  where  such 
member  resides,  and  to  the  other  Volunteer  Corps 
in  the  city.  And  he  shall  report  the  names  of  all 
persons  so  dealt  with  at  the  next  succeeding  Com- 
pany Meeting  ;  and  submit  written  returns  thereof 
at  each  Quarterly  Meeting. 


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Sec.  6th.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  give  notice  in 
writing  to  the  officer  commanding,  should  he  at 
any  time  intend  being  absent  from  the  city  more 
than  forty-eight  hours,  and  previous  to  leaving  ( if 
necessary)  he  shall  turn  over  everything  in  his 
apartment  to  the  next  senior  non-commissioned 
officer. 

RULE  IX. 

Duties  of  Non- Commissioned  Officers. 

Sec.  1st.  The  Non-Commissioned  officers  (other 
than  the  first  Sergeant)  shall  be  summoning  officers, 
and  the  duty  of  each  severally  shall  be  to  summon 
their  respective  squads  immediately  on  receiving 
the  orders  of  the  First  Sergeant,  at  such  time  and 
place  as  is  specified  in  such  orders,  of  the  proper 
execution  of  which  duty  they  shall  make  written 
returns  to  the  first  Sergeant  prior  to  the  time  of 
assemblage  named  in  their  orders,  designating 
whether  the  summons  given  as  written  or  ver- 
bal, and  whether  served  on  the  member  personally 
or  left  at  his  usual  place  of  business,  and  should 
any  summoning  officer  fail  to  summon  any  member 
of  his  squad,  by  which  a  default  shall  occur,  said 
summoning  officer  shall  pay  the  fine  incurred. 

Sec.  2d.  Every  iSon-Commissioned  officer  and 
private  shall  give  notice  in  writing  to  the  first  Ser- 
geant (each  one  for  himself}  should  he  intend  be- 
ing absent  from  the  city  more  than  forty-eight 
hours,  and  during  the  absence  or  sickness  of  any 
summoning  officer  his  duties  shall  be  performed  by 
such  lance  Corporals  as  the  first  Sergeant  may  des- 
ignate. In  the  absence  of  the  first  Sergeant  all  his 
duties  will  devolve  on  the  next  senior  Non-Commis- 
sioned officer  that  may  be  in  the  city,  he  being  en- 


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titled  to  the  same  priveleges,  and  subject  to  the 
same  penalties  for  the  time  being. 

RULE  X. 

General  Duties  of  Secretary  ana1  Treasurer, 

Sec.  1st.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary 
and  Treasurer  to  keep  a  record  of  proceedings  at 
all  company  meetings  in  a  book  prepared  for  the 
purpose,  to  be  styled  "  Minutes." 

Sec.  2d.  He  shall  also  keep  a  book  styled  "Ac- 
counts," in  which  an  account  shall  be.  opened  in 
the  name  of  each  member,  under  which  he  shall 
enter  all  contributions  and  fines,  according  to  re- 
turns made  him,  and  shall  immediately  after  such 
entries  being  made,  demand  payment  thereof,  and 
when  paid,  credit  the  moneys  so  received  ;  and  it 
shall  be  his  duty,  whenever  a  charge  remains  on 
his  books  unpaid  for  thirty  days,  to  report  the  same 
in  writing  to  the  First  Sergeant.  He  shall  also 
keep  in  said  book  a  cash  account,  thereby  show- 
ing the  state  of  the  Company's  funds. 

Sec.  3d.  He  shall  give  notice  in  writing  to  all 
new  members  of  their  being  admitted.  He  shall 
keep  a  fair  copy  of  these  Rules  ibr  the  signatures 
of  members,  and  any  printed  copies  thereof,  after 
furnishing  each  member  with  a  copy  gratis,  shall 
be  in  his  custody,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to 
furnish  extra  copies  to  members  at  twenty  five 
cents,  each. 

Sec.  4th.  It  shall  be  his  duty  to  take  into  his 
immediate  custody,  and  produce  whenever  re- 
quired, after  reasonable  notice,  all  the  books  and 
papers  (except  the  Orderly  Book  in  ise  at  the 
time,)  belonging  to  the  Corps. 

Sec.  5th.  He  shall  at  every  quarterly  meeting 
in  January,  April,  July,  and  October,  make  a  writ- 


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ten  report  of  the  condition  of  his  department, 
which  report  shall  be  spread  upon  the  Minute  Book 
of  the  Corps,  and  he  shall  read  these  Rules  aloud 
at  every  January  quarterly  meeting. 

Sec.  6th.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  should  he  at  any 
time  intend  being  absent  from  the  city  more  than 
forty-eight  hours,  or  should  he  be  incapaciated 
from  attending  to  the  duties  by  reason  of  sickness, 
to  give  written  notice  thereof  to  the  officer  com- 
manding, appointing  at  the  same  time  some  private 
of  the  corps  to  attend  to  the  duties  of  his  office,  on 
failing  to  perform  any  duty  assigned  to  him  by 
these  rules,  he  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than 
three  dollars,  and  for  embezzling  the  funds  of  the 
corps  he  shall  be  expelled. 

Sec.  7th.  The  compensation  allowed  to  the  Sec- 
retary and  Treasurer  shall  be  ten  per  cent  for 
collections  and  five  per  cent  for  disbursements  pay- 
able quarterly. 

RULE  XL 

Duties  of  Quartermaster. 

Sec.  1st.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Qnartermas- 

ter  to  keep  the  spare  arms  and  accoutrements  of 
the  corps,  to  distribute  muskets  to  members  j  >in- 
ing,  and  to  keep  all  receipts  given  for  the  return  or 
value  of  the  same,  all  the  camp  equipage  and  other 
property  belonging  to  the  corps  shall  be  under  his 
immediate  charge,  he  shall  keep  the  room  in  good 
order,  furnish  lights,  pens,  ink  and  paper  for  the 
meetings  of  the  corp>,  and  no  property  belonging 
to  the  corps  in  his  possession  shall  be  loaned  out 
without  a  vote  of  the  company  ;  furthermore,  it 
shall  be  his  duty  to  collect  all  the  muskets  and  oth- 
er equipments  belonging  to  the  corps. 

Sec.  2d.  He  shall  at  the  quarterly  meeting  in 


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January  and  July  make  a  written  report  of  the 
condition  of  his  department,  which  report  shall  be 
spread  upon  the  minute  book  of  the  corps,  on 
failing  to  perform  any  duty  assigned  him  he  shall 
be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than  three  dollars. 

Sec.  3d.  The  compensation  for  Quartermaster 
shall  be  twenty-five  dollars  (and  expenses)  per 
year  payable  quarterly. 

Sec.  4th.  It  shall  be  his  duty,  should  he  intend 
being  absent  from  the  city  more  than  forty-eight 
hours  to  appoint  some  private  of  the  Cops  to  per- 
form the  duties  of  his  office,  such  private  to  be  en- 
titled to  the  same  privileges  and  subject  to  the 
same  penalties  for  the  time  being. 

RULE  XII. 

Instructions. 

Sec.  1st.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  com- 
manding at  certain  stated  times  (to  be  by  him  ap- 
pointed) to  summon  the  non-commissioned  officers 
to  attend  at  such  place  as  he  shall  direct  for  in- 
structions in  tactics,  by  him  or  such  commissioned 
officer  as  he  shall  detail  for  that  duty,  and  any 
officer  who  shall  fail  to  attend  for  three  successive 
meetings,  shall  be  reported  to  the  Corps  at  the 
next  regular  meeting,  and  if  the  Corps  shall  not 
deem  his  excuse  sufficient,  his  office  shall  be  vaca- 
ted and  a  new  election  ordered. 

Sec.  2d.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  commis- 
sioned and  non-commissioued  officer  to  provide 
himself  with  a  copy  of  Scott's  Tactics,  which  shall 
be  the  only  text  book  of  authority  used  by  him. 


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RULE  XIII. 

Committee  on  Finance. 

Sec.  1st.  The  Finance  Committee  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  officer  commanding  at  the  quarterly 
meeting  in  January  of  each  year,  to  serve  one 
year  therefrom  ;  and  in  case  of  a  vacancy  it  shall 
be  filled  by  the  same  authority,  at  the  first  succeed- 
ing company  meeting. 

Sec.  2d.  They  shall  be  charged  with  the  general 
supervision  of  the  Treasurer's  department,  exam- 
ine all  bills  against  this  Corps,  and  report  thereon, 
and  no  bill  shall  be  paid  on  which  they  have  not 
reported. 

Sec.  3d.  It  shall  be  their  duty  to  examine,  from 
time  to  time,  his  books  and  accounts,  and  certify 
to  the  correctness  of  his  quarterly  reports. 

RULE  XIV. 

Parades. 

Sec.  1st.  The  regular  parades  of  the  Corps 
shall,  be  on  the  Eighth  of  January,  Twelfth  of 
February,  Twenty-second  of  February,  First  of 
May,  and  Fourth  of  July,  in  each  year,  except 
when  these  da}'s  fall  on  Sunday,  and  then  on  the 
succeeding  Monday. 

Sec.  2d.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  com- 
manding, and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  to  order 
such  extra  parades,  drills,  and  company  meetings 
as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  transaction  of 
all  ordinary  business  —  fifteen  members  shall  con- 
stitute a  quorum. 

Sec.  3d.  The  roll  shall  always  be  called  in  fif- 
teen minutes  after  the  appointed  hour  of  meeting. 
Whereupon  the  company  will  be  under  the  com- 
mand of  the  senior  officer  present. 


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Sec.  4th.  The  officer  commanding  shall  in  times 
of  alarm  from  fire  or  insurrection,  or  when  deemed 
by  him  expedient  fix  an  alarm  post. 

Se<?.  5th.  At  all  alarms  from  fire,  or  otherwise, 
when  this  Corps  is  on  duty,  no  excuse  will  be  re- 
ceived, but  sudden  affliction  by  sickness,  or  bodily 
hurt,  death  or  extreme  illness  in  his  immediate 
family)  or  on  official  or  fire  duty. 

RULE  XV. 

Company  Meetings. 

Sec.  1st.  The  regular  company  meetings  shall 
be  on  the  first  Thursday  in  January,  first  Thurs- 
day in  April,  first  Thursday  in  July,  first  Thurs- 
day in  October,  in  each  year. 

Sec.  2d.  The  want  of  a  summons  shall  not  be 
received  as  an  excuse  for  default  at  the  regular 
parades  and  quarterly  meetings,  but  will  be  no 
justification  to  a  summoning  officer  for  neglect,  his 
duty  being  to  summon  in  all  cases. 

RULE  XVI. 

Contributions. 

Sec.  1st.  Each  person  on  becoming  a  member 
of  this  Corps  shall  pay  to  the  Treasurer  his  con- 
tribution in  advance,  and  there  shall  also  be  paid 
to  the  same  officer,  at  the  Quarterly  Meeting  in 
January  of  each  year,  an  annual  contribution  of 
five  dollars  by  each  commissioned  officer — four 
dollars  by  each  non-commissioned  officer — and 
three  dollars  by  each  member. 

Sec.  2d.  The  contribution  of  an  exempt  mem- 
ber shall  be  twenty  dollars  per  annum,  payable  at 
the  regular  company  meeting  in  January* 


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RULE  XVIL 

Fines  and  Penalties  under  these  Rules, 

Sec.  1st.  All  excuses  made  to  the  first  Sergeant 
when  a  defaulter  claims  exemption  from  fines, 
must  be  in  writing,  and  none  will  be  valid  to  clear 
the  member,  unless  the  assigned  cause  of  absence 
should  be  sickness  or  any  bodily  hurt,  absence 
from  the  city  after  notice  being  given  to  that  effect, 
want  of  a  summons  for  any  assemblage  of  the 
corps  (other  than  the  regular  parade  and  company 
meetings)  and  death  or  extreme  illness  in  the  im- 
mediate family  of  the  member,  or  an  official  or  fire 
duty. 

Sec.  2d.  The  -first  Sergeant  before  admitting 
any  such  excuse  must  be  satisfied  in  his  own  mind 
that  the  excuse  assigned  did  actually  exist. 

Sec.  3d.  The  following  fines  and  penalties  shall 
in  all  cases  be  enforced  except  when  a  member 
clears  himself  therefrom  under  the  provisions  of 
these  rules. 

Commissioned  officers  failing  to  perforn  any 
duty  assigned  to  them  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not 

exceeding  $10  00 

For  default  at  each  of  the  regular  parades    5  00 

"       "       4 1  any  other  parade  or  drill          3  00 

"       "       "  any  of  the  regular  company 

meetings   3  00 

"  any  other  meeting   2  00 

"  fire  alarm  duty   3  00 

"       "       <£  squad  or  night  drill   1  00 

Sec,  4th.  The  First  Segeant  failing  to  perform 
any  of  the  duties  assigned  him  by  these  rules  shall 

be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  $5  00 

Other  iion -commissioned  officers  failing  to 
perform  any  duty  assigned  them  by  these 
rules  shall  be  fined  in  a  sum  not  exceeding  2  00 


ii  if 
it  ii 


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For  failing  to  summon  any  of  their  squad, 

for  each  member   1  00 

For  default  at  any  of  the  regular  parades  2  00 
For  default  at  each  of  the  regular  company 

meetings   1  00 

For  default  at  any  ordered  parade  or  drill  1  00 
For  default  at  any  ordered  company  meet- 
ing  1  00 

Fer  default  at  fire  alarm  duty   2  00 

For  default  at  any  squad  or  night  drill 

when  ordered  to  attend   1  00 

Sec.  -5th.  Any  private  for  default  at  each  regular 

parade  shall  be  fined   $1  00 

For  default  at  any  ordered  parade  or  drill  75 
For  default  at  each  of  the  regular  company 

meetings   1  00 

For  default  at  any  other  ordered  company 

meeting   75 

For  default  at  any  squad  or  night  drill.  ...  50 

For  default  at  fire  alarm,  or  guard  duty   1  00 

Sec.  6th.  Any  member  absent  from  roll-call  shall 

be  fined   25 

For  every  item  of  dress,  arms,  accoutre- 
ments, in  which  he  may  be  deficient,  or 

for  negligence  in  any  part  of  the  same . .  25 


and  for  wdiich  deficiency  or  negligence,  no  excuse 
shall  be  received. 

Sec.  7th.  At  all  regular  parades,  there  shall  be 
an  inspection  of  uniform,  arms  and  accoutrements. 

Any  commissioned  officer,  neglecting  to  give 
notice  of  his  intended  absence  from  the  city,  shall 

be  fined  in  a  sum  not  less  than   $3  00 

Non-commissioned  officer   2  00 

Privates   1  00 


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RULE  XVIII. 

Courts  Marshal — Commissioned  Officers, 

Sec.  1.  For  the  trial  of  a  Commissioned  Offi- 
cer, the  whole  Company  or  a  majority  of  the  then 
effective  members  shall  constitute  a  Court.  Any 
Commissioned  Officer  having  transgressed  or  neg- 
lected to  discharge  his  duties  or  having  been  guilty 
of  unsoldierlike  conduct  or  ungenllemanly  beha- 
vior shall  be  amenable  to  the  said  Court. 

Sec.  2d.  The  charge  or  charges  and  specifica- 
tion shall  be  made  out  in  writing,  signed  by  at  least 
five  members  of  the  Corps  and  sanctioned  by  the 
commanding  officer,  (except  when  he  be  the  party 
accused,  in  which  case  the  officer  next  in  rank 
shall  give  his  sanction,)  and  a  copy  shall  be  served 
upon  the  accused  at  least  ten  days  before  the 
meeting  of  the  Court  ordered  for  the  special  pur- 
pose ;  at  which  meeting  the  accused  shall  be  bound 
to  answer,  unless  he  can  show  good  cause  for  a 
continuance. 

The  vote  of  a  majority  present  shall  be  required 
to  convict,  and  if  convicted,  he  shall  be  bound  in 
honor  to  resign. 

Non-commissioned  Officers  and  Privates, 
r~  Any  Non-commissioned  Officer  or  Private  who 
shall  be  charged  by  any  member  of  the  Corps,  in 
writing,  with  unsoldierlike  conduct  or  ungentle- 
manly  behavior  or  with  any  attempt  to  excite  dis- 
content or  dissertion  in  the  Corps,  or  with  refusing 
on  any  occasion  to  obey  the  lawful  order  of  any 
officer  of  the  Corps,  shall  be  tried  by  a  Court  Mar- 
tial tobe  appointed  by  the  Commanding  Officer  of 
the  Corps,  which  shall  consist  of  a  Commissioned 
Officer,  two  Non-commissioned  Officers  and  four 
Privates,  who  shall  upon  the  honor  of  soldiers, 
investigate  the  case  and  justly  decide.    The  time 


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and  place  of  the  meeting  of  the  Court  shall  be 
fixed  by  the  officer  to  preside,  of  which  the  ac- 
cused shall  receive  five  days  previous  notice. — 
The  sentence  of  said  Court  of  fine,  censure,  re- 
moval from  office,  expulsion  or  any  of  these,  shall 
be  conclusive. 

RULE  XIX. 

Medal  Firing. 

The  Company  shall  fire  at  a  target  on  the  first 
day  of  May  of  every  year,  for  a  Medal  or  Premi- 
um, to  be  awarded  to  the  three  nearest  shots. 

Every  member  of  the  Corps  shall  pay  a  portion 
of  the  expenses  that  may  be  incurred  for  the  Medal, 
Target,  &c,  to  be  collected  by  the  Committee  ap- 
pointed. 

The  winner  of  the  prize  shall  be  required  to 
wear  the  same  for  the  period  of  twelve  months 
from  the  time  of  his  receiving  it  and  thereafter :  if 
a  Medal,  he  shall  be  allowed  to  wear  it  on  the  left 
breast.  If  he  sell  or  dispose  of  the  prize  before 
the  expiration  of  the  twelve  months,  he  shall  upon 
due  proof  thereof,  be  expelled  from  the  Corps. 

RULE  XX. 

Funeral  Honors, 

On  the  decease  of  any  member  of  the  Corps, 
the  customary  honors  shall  be  paid. 

RULE  XXI. 

Wearing  Uniform  after  Parade. 

If  any  member  of  the  Corps  be  seen  wearing 
any  part  of  his  Uniform  two  hours  after  the  pa- 
rade has  been  dismissed,  he  shall  be  fined,  for  the 


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first  offence  one  dollar,  and  for  the  second  he  shall 
be  tried  by  a  Court  Martial  and  punished  at  its 
discretion. 

Any  member  who  shall  be  seen  smoking  in  the 
street  in  Uniform  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  pen- 
alties. 

The  deliberations  of  the  Company  shall  in  eve- 
ry respect  be  governed  by  the  Rules  usually  exist- 
ing in  deliberative  assemblies.  In  all  cases  (except 
as  in  these  Rules  excepted,)  a  majority  to  govern. 

RULE  XXII. 

Amendments. 

Propositions  to  amend  any  of  these  Rules  must 
be  made  in  writing  and  laid  before  the  Company 
at  a  meeting  ;  but  they  shall  not  be  acted  upon 
until  the  next  meeting,  when  if  a  majority  of  the 
effective  members  be  present  and  a  majority  of 
them  consent  the  amendment  shall  be  made. 


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